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Barbara Bush, Frank and Unpretentious First Lady, Dies at 92
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The Bush family matriarch cared little for glamour or the spotlight, but her tart tongue and forthright attitudes endeared her to the American people.
Eleanor Clift
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Apr. 17 2018
7:42PM EDT
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